March 23rd, 2012· Implemented a new registration key/license file format. If you purchase the program after April 2, you must update to this version before you activate your registration key.
· NOTE: Existing licenses will continue to work as before!
· Form Designer: Right-clicking and choosing Paste will now paste control(s) on clipboard where you right-clicked.
· Report Designer: Right-clicking and choosing Paste will now paste report object(s) on clipboard where you right-clicked.
· Export: HTML: Possible to create index based setup without a detail page.
· Data Server: Info on lookup tables now included in XML data file for lookup fields.
· FIXED: Explorer: Strings with Unicode characters not displayed correctly on some systems.
· FIXED: Search/Replace: Problem with empty fields and 'Match any part of field' & 'Match whole words only' settings.
· FIXED: Export: HTML: Problem creating code based setup if setup name contained a space.
· Various other fixes and enhancements.
February 18th, 2012· Added support for Windows 8.
· Added a 'Copy Serial Number to Clipboard' button in the About window.
· Explorer: Updated "list" templates (ColorList.xsl, CategoryList.xsl, etc.).
· Export: "Auto-organize images" filename setup used when exporting internal images.
· FIXED: Edit Sort Order: Name of selected field not displayed if the first field in the drop-down list was selected.
· FIXED: Print List: Stretch property not set for image fields.
· FIXED: Report: Stretch property always set when printing to the screen, or to a file.
· FIXED: Export: Fixed some issues with image fields.
· FIXED: Internet.dll file date/time reset when downloading update.
· Various other fixes and enhancements.
January 10th, 2012· Auto-organize image files: Added support to use only the first value of a multivalue field (add "_f" after the field code)
· Image: Link to file: Image file no longer renamed when dragging file from Windows Explorer to image field
· Various enhancements to the auto-capitalize feature
· FIXED: Vertical scrollbar in browse list sometimes hidden after backing up database
· FIXED: Auto-organize image files: Generated filename sometimes too long ("The field is too small to accept the amount of data" error)
· FIXED: Data Server: Error when opening database after creating new instance
· Various other minor fixes
January 10th, 2012· Added a new "Welcome" panel that will appear the first time the program is run (also displayed when you close the open database)
· You can now automatically organize external image files into a folder structure and filename format of your choice based on information in the database. To use this feature, choose 'Auto-Organize Image Files' from the Tools menu
· The folder and filename setup used by the 'Auto-Organize Image Files' function is also automatically used if you have chosen to link to external image files: When you when you paste an image into the image field or drag an image from the web browser, and when you use the 'Extract images' feature. To edit this setup, choose Tools=>Options=>Multimedia, then click the 'Images/Filename setup' button
· If StampCAT is unable to locate external image files because you have moved the files, you can use the new 'Locate Missing Image Files' function available on the Tools menu. This will scan the specified drive/folder and attempt to locate the missing image files
· Updated the 'Extract images', 'Load external images' and 'Cleanup image folder' functions to support the new features
· Data Entry: Image: Removed the two separate "Load Image" and "Link to Image" buttons. Instead there is now one button that will use the 'Store images in database/Link to image files" setting (you can now also right-click the image control to change this setting)
· Data Entry: Image: Now possible to manually rename the external image file from the data entry window
· Data Entry: Image: Added Paste and Resize buttons below the field
· Data Entry: Image: Added a Center property (changeable from the Form Designer). When this is checked, the image is centered within the control (this is now the default behavior)
· Data Entry: Image: You can now change the background color
· Data Entry: Use Default Layout: Will now automatically remove fields that are hidden
· Data Entry: The Clone command is now available on the browse list right-click popup menu
· Data Entry: Add stamp links: Now possible to search the Design, Keyword and Topic fields
· Edit Memo: Insert hyperlink: You can now add links to files and folders
· Explorer: Index: On the statistics page, removed the labels to the right of the chart
· Export XML: The "auto-organize" filename pattern is now used when exporting images
· Export XML: External images now copied to the export folder
· Database Maintenance: Update Path: A progress dialog with a Cancel button is now displayed
· Database Maintenance: Status information displayed on the statusbar when using the 'Extract images', 'Load external images' and 'Cleanup image folder' commands
· Import: When importing links to files (file links and image files), StampCAT will now look for the file in the import folder if folder is not specified
· Updated the "Working with reports" section in help file. Various other changes
· FIXED: Grid: Row not selected when right-clicking in browse list
· FIXED: Password: Problem turning off 'Login without password' setting
· FIXED: Explorer: Error in preview pane if a memo field contained a control character
· FIXED: Explorer: Images pasted from a Word document into a memo field would sometimes not display in the explorer
· FIXED: Import Excel: "Access Violation" error when trying to import from file open in Excel
· FIXED: HTML Export: Problem with upper and lower case characters mixed up in top menu in an index based setup
· FIXED: HTML Export: Program sometimes listed multiple times if filtering on two (or more) fields with the OR operator in an index based setup
· Various other fixes and enhancements
January 10th, 2012· Log files now automatically deleted after 30 days
· Import: You can now import data into the File Links and Web Links fields
· Export: Added a 'Open file' button in all export windows. This will open the last file you exported data to
· HTML Export: Index based setup: The name of the entry selected in the left pane is now displayed at the top of the list page
· HTML Export: Index based setup: The height of the top pane is now automatically increased when specifying an export title
· HTML Export: Removed some space after the list page title
· HTML Export: All temporary .xsl and .css files are now always deleted when the Export window closes
· XML: Memo fields: The unformatted plain text is now always included in the xml data file (for example "Notes_PlainText")
· FIXED: Error ("Item not found in this collection") when converting an old database from version 7 or earlier
· FIXED: Removed a resource leak when converting old database
· FIXED: Search: Problem searching for "#" when using the "Begins with" and "Contains" operators
· FIXED: HTML Export: Not possible to change the export title of a code based setup
· FIXED: HTML Export: Problem with formatting if 'External CSS files' was selected when using an index based setup
· FIXED: Grid: Not possible to change the 'Create virtual image' column property
· Various other fixes and enhancements
December 21st, 2010· Data Entry: Browse list/preview pane now updated faster if "Refresh browse list after save" is selected in the Options window.
· Data Entry: Improved AutoCapitalize feature.
· Explorer: Result of SUM command no longer rounded off to nearest whole number.
· FIXED: Data entry: Link to Stamp: Problem searching Catalog No field.
· FIXED: Explorer: Sometimes problem with spacing between paragraphs.
· FIXED: Edit Sites menu: Menu sometimes not updated before program was restarted when clicking Reset.
· FIXED: Report: Print to File: Error when opening a report archive file if report included a memo field displaying formatted text.
· Various minor fixes and enhancements.
May 7th, 2010· HTML Export: Now uses UTF-8 encoding (fixes problems with some extended characters).
· FIXED: Import: Text: Had problems with some files.
· FIXED: Sometimes access violation error when using auto-backup.
· FIXED: Database Properties: Record count numbers not right-justified if using Windows 7 or Vista, or XP if "large fonts" were enabled.
· FIXED: Removed flickering in the blue progress status window on Vista and Windows 7.
· FIXED: Explorer: Problem with COUNT and SUM commands if value > 9999 and thousand separator = space.
· FIXED: Data Server: XSLT processing instructions not read when generating HTML pages.
· Various minor fixes and enhancements.
January 8th, 2010· Data Entry: Memo: You can now set up a default text color (Tools=>Options=>Memo).
· Data Server: Fixed some issues with connecting to a running instance of StampCAT.
· Explorer window opens faster.
· The main window opens faster.
· FIXED: Export: XML: Error if output folder did not exist.
· FIXED: Statistics: "DAODatabase.Execute" error when creating statistics.
· Various minor fixes and enhancements.
December 8th, 2009· The setup program now asks if you want to install the updated explorer templates (if you click Yes, the old templates are automatically backed up).
· Database: Increased the length of the Code field from 20 to 100 characters.
· Data Entry: Memo: You can now set up a default font for all memo fields under Tools => Options => Memo. This font is used when adding new records, both during manual entry and importing data.
· Added shortcuts for OK and Cancel buttons (Alt+O and Alt+C) in all data entry windows (new databases only). To update existing databases you can use this little utility: SetBtnShortcuts.exe.
· Data Entry: Add Stamp Link: You can now select search operator (Is equal to, Contains, or Begins with).
· Data Entry: Add Stamp Link: The last selected stamp is automatically selected the next time you open the window.
· Data Entry: Stamp=>Edit Price/Value/Quantity: If one stamp is selected, only the stamps visible in the stamp list are displayed in the edit window (instead of all stamps as in the previous version).
· Data Entry: Added a Delete button on the toolbar in the main window.
· Browse List: You can display the File and Web Link fields in the list.
· Explorer: Added the Location field to the Stamp View preview pane.
· Explorer: Added a Ctrl+E shortcut in the Explorer window to edit the current record.
· Report: When setting up report groupings you can now force each new group to begin on an odd page. This can be helpful for duplex reports where groups need to be started on the front side of the next page.
· Report: Quality of printed images is now better if the image has been scaled down.
· Report: Archive File: Default file extension changed from "rar" to "crar".
· Report: Changed the default code font in the 'Edit XSL Code' window to "Consolas".
· Views: Added a Reset button in the 'List Layouts' window. Click this button to delete all existing layouts, and add the default layouts.
· Views: Added a Reset button in the 'Sort Orders' window.
· Views: Added a Reset button in the 'Filters' window.
· Views: Added a Reset button in the 'Grouping Definitions' window.
· Views: Added a Reset button in the 'Views Setup' window.
· Export: HTML: You can use the code "Úte%" to insert the current date into the title.
· Export: HTML: You can define a margin below the heading row and the first row on list pages.
· Export: HTML: You can set up a background color for field data (both list and detail pages).
· Export: HTML: You can now add a custom page footer.
· Export: Text: You can now export the cover filename (external images).
· Database Setup: You can now use the standard navigation keys (F5-F8) to navigate in the table/field list.
· Data Server: You can now choose to either connect to a running instance, or start a new instance.
· Data Server: New method: GotoRecord: Pass a record id of -1 to only activate a specific view without changing the active record.
· Data Server: New method: Explore. Call this method to explore data in the Explorer window. See the FAQ for more info.
· Data Server: New method: EditRecord. Call this with the table name and record id to edit the record in the standard data entry window.
· Data Server: New method: ActiveRecord. This returns the record id of the active record in the browse list according to the table you specify.
· Data Server: New method: CloseEditWindow. This will close the open data entry window. Any changes are automatically saved.
· Data Server: New method: RefreshView. This refreshes the specified view.
· Data Server: New property: EditWindowOpen. Returns True if a data entry window is open.
· FIXED: Close button in 'Database Properties' and 'Report Properties' windows not visisble on Vista and Windows 7.
· FIXED: Data Entry: Sometimes error when trying to set the default value of numeric fields from the data entry window.
· FIXED: Shortcuts for Search => Show Previous/Next did not work.
· FIXED: Search: "Access Violation" when closing the 'Select Value' window.
· FIXED: Export: HTML: Memo: Error if memo text contained control characters.
· FIXED: Problem with web links if url contained spaces.
· FIXED: Data Server: Problem with parameters passed by reference.
· More than 50 other smaller enhancements and fixes.
June 20th, 2009· FIXED: HTML Export: Problem with lists spanning multiple pages.
· FIXED: HTML Export: Problem with top menu if 'Sort by' was not checked on the Index tab.
· FIXED: Fixed a couple of problems with the global search.
June 12th, 2009· Increased the size of the 7 custom lookup fields from 50 to 150 characters.
· Added an Explorer button in the 'Edit Price/Value/Quantity' window. This allows you to explore the selected stamp in the Explore window.
· Now possible to set a default value for the Face Value field.
· Updated help file.
· Updated explorer templates.
· Updated menu bitmaps.
· FIXED: Data Entry: Changes not automatically saved when choosing File=>Use Default Layout.
· Various minor fixes and enhancements.
May 22nd, 2009Added 12 new custom data fields you can use to store whatever information you want:
· 3 lookup fields
· 2 numeric field
· 2 date fields
· 5 checkbox fields
· You can edit the price, value and quantity of multiple stamps in the new 'Edit Price/Value/Quantity' window
· The new split function lets you split a lookup item into multiple items
· Added a new Insert Hyperlink function in the Edit Memo window. This will let you separate the hyperlinked text and the actual address (URL)
· The HTML Export module has been completely rewritten. Instead of having to manually edit xsl templates, you can now easily set up everything from within the program without having to even look at the xsl templates!
· The new Quick Search feature on the toolbar in the main window is a quick and easy way to lookup information
· The search and replace function has several new options
· The Show All option is no longer selected by default.
· The Edit List Layout window has a new layout
· The thumbnail view has a new layout. It also loads images faster.
· Can now display a default image when the image field is empty. You set this up in the Options window.
· The drop-down list from which you select data field (for example when searching, or setting up a grouping definition) now supports auto-complete. This makes field selection a breeze!
· The data server can now be run without having to run it with administrator privileges.
· Added a Version property that returns the version number.
· Added a GotoRecord method. Call this method to select a record in the browse list. The correct view is automatically activated.
· The Data node in all XML files now indicates whether the file was generated from the data server interface or not.
· Quick Locate: Works faster when typing directly into the browse list.
· Has a new capitalization setting: You can now choose to only capitalize the first letter only (instead of first letter of each word).
· All memos fields are now compressed. This should make the database smaller.
· Changed the Back/Forward shortcuts to Alt+Left/Right.
· Added shortcuts to close/open the preview pane: Alt+Up and Alt+Down (also available on the View menu).
· Added "CMD:GOTORECORD" command.
· You can now add a "%filter%" code to text labels in order to print the current filter (will include both field, operator and value).
· The Set Field Value function is now available from the main menu (previously only on the right-click popup menu), with Ctrl+T as short cut.
· Added a shortcut to clear the current quick search (Shift+Ctrl+F12).
· Added a shortcut to open the 'Search and Replace' window: Ctrl+L.
· Added a shortcut to clear the current filter: Shift+Ctrl+C
· Added a button to clear the selected field in the grouping, filter and search windows.
· Added support for Windows 7.
August 8th, 2008· Data Entry: Memo: Pasting data copied from a web site into a memo field now works better. First of all, the text formatting is preserved (as long as your web browser copies the text to the clipboard as RTF - which Internet Explorer does). In addition, all hyperlinks should now always work, and images are also pasted into the memo field.
· Unused text styles are automatically removed before a memo field is saved to the database.
· FIXED: Problem running program on the second monitor on a dual monitor system.
· FIXED: Import Text: Problem importing GIF and PNG images.
· FIXED: Error in Explorer View if database > 1GB.
· FIXED: Message dialog window sometimes hidden behind main window.
· FIXED: Error if closing the program while the Find dialog was open.
· FIXED: "Access Violation" error if merging two lookup items after using the Find function.
· FIXED: HTML Export: Problem preview result if index filename contained a space.
· FIXED: Report: Labels: Not possible to print more than 32 labels per page.
· FIXED: Explorer: Problem with hyperlinks in memo fields.
· Various minor fixes and enhancements.
October 25th, 2007· Increased size of Topic field from 50 to 100 characters.
· Browse list: Copy to Clipboard: This function will now copy the /selected/ records to the clipboard. To copy /all/ records in the list (as in previous versions), press Ctrl A before you choose Copy to Clipboard.
· Explorer: You can now right-click the explorer page and choose Edit XSL Template from the popup menu to edit the explorer template in your favourite editor. The default editor is Notepad. You can set up a custom editor under
· Tools->Options->External Apps.
· Export to XML: The Record ID is now used as filename for images.
· Backup: The statusbar now shows the progress of the backup operation.
· Database Maintenance: Extract Images: It is now possible to use the record ID as filename instead of title.
· FIXED: Statistics: Not possible to click on a column heading to change sort order.
· FIXED: Data Entry: Access Violation error if merging two lookup records from the Edit Lookup Table window.
· FIXED: Browse list: Quick Find: Did not work on numerical fields.
· FIXED: Form Designer: Internal component was visible.
· FIXED: Report: Error message if including the Image Notes field in a report.
· FIXED: Report: DBXSL object: Problem converting UTF-8 encoded data if MS Word was used to convert from HTML to RTF.
· FIXED: Sites menu: Problem with URLs containing spaces if Firefix was set up as web browser in the Options window.
· FIXED: Sites menu: Problem running programs added to the Sites menu from the Explorer View if filename contained spaces.
· FIXED: Search menu: Access Violation when closing the 'Edit Search Menu' window if no saved searches had been added to the menu.
· FIXED: Backup: Sometimes error if backing up a database > 500MB.
· FIXED: Data Server: Various fixes.
· Various minor fixes and enhancements.
May 21st, 2007· FIXED: Capitalize: "A" not handled correctly if "Ignore words in uppercase" was selected.
· FIXED: Windows Vista: Sometimes "Access Violation" error when
· closing the program.
· FIXED: Windows Vista: Message box window sometimes hidden behind main window if clicking outside the message box.
April 28th, 2007· Windows Vista: It is no longer possible to keep data files in the "Program Files" folder. For more information, see the FAQ.
· Data Entry: Capitalization: The feature will now by default ignore words already in uppercase (for example BBC or IBM).
· Data Entry: Add/Edit Record Link window: The last used filter value is automatically used the next time you open the window.
· Data Entry: Record, File and Web Links fields: Right-click and choose Sort List to sort the items in the list alphabetically.
· Grouping list: A small hint window is displayed when you point the mouse cursor at a grouping value that is not completely visible.
· Form Designer: You can now go back to the default form layout by choosing Use Default Layout from the File menu.
· You can now resize all file open/save dialog windows.
· FIXED: Data Entry: Sometimes "Abstract Error" message when editing the Type table from the Add Record Link window.
· FIXED: Explorer: Problem searching for string containing extended characters.
· FIXED: Explorer: Extra line inserted between formatted paragraphs in memo fields.
· Various minor fixes and enhancements.
March 31st, 2007· Upgraded development system to Delphi 2006 and replaced two of the 3rd party libraries. This gives a nice performance boost of up to 30-40%, especially everything involving XML and XSL (explorer module, export to HTML and export to XML).
· StampCAT now fully supports Windows Vista.
· Added support for ClearType text rendering.
· Updated menu/toolbar system. You can change the theming under Tools->Options->Misc->Menu/toolbar theme. The default theme is "Office 2003". If you would like to use the same theme as in the previous version, select "Office XP".
· Data Entry: Add File Link window: You can now select list layout and sort order.
· Data Entry: Lookup View: You can now update the 'Sort by' field for all selected records (choose Update 'Sort by' from the Lookup menu).
· Data Entry: Lookup View: You can now update the 'main' field for all selected records based on the 'Sort by' field.
· Replace Memo Font: This new function (under Tools->Database Maintenance) will let you replace a memo font with another font (for example change MS Sans Serif to Tahoma). All memo fields inn all tables in the database are updated.
· Sort order: Changed the layout of the Edit Sort Order window.
· Browse list: Right-click menu/Save XML: If multiple records are selected, all the selected records are exported.
· Explorer: You can resize the Explorer Templates window.
· Explorer: Program templates: Added a button below the text of a memo field to edit the memo field.
· Explorer: Changed the default colors (Style.css).
· Explorer: Updated layout of page links.
· Explorer: Options: You can now specify print margins.
· Explorer: In all explorer pages you can now right-click and choose Save XML from the popup menu to save the XML data that is the basis of the document to a file (useful if you are creating your own explorer
· templates).
· Explorer: XML data file now contains computer name and user name.
· Explorer: All XML data files now contain the full path to the currently open database file.
· Search: Added Search and Cancel buttons in the Simple Search and Advanced Search windows.
· Export to HTML: Changed the table colors.
· Report: DBMulti field: You can now include memo fields.
· StampCAT can now act as an OLE Automation Server (power users only!). By calling two methods you can generate XML and HTML files respectively. For more information, see the FAQ.
· FIXED: Data Entry: Add File Link window: Problem searching Catalog No field.
· FIXED: Explorer: Extra line inserted between formatted paragraphs in memo fields.
· FIXED: Data Entry: "DAORecordset.SetBookmark failed" error if saving data when a grouping definition with a filter was active.
· FIXED: Data Entry: Shift Insert to paste text did not work in memo fields.
· FIXED: Data Entry: ALT GR key did not work in multivalue lists.
· FIXED: Export to HTML: Problem with external image file names.
· FIXED: Report: DBMulti field: 3 pixel margin removed.
· Various minor fixes and enhancements.
September 13th, 2006· Major update with many new features
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